Re:Barack Obama: Why we must rethink solitary confinement
by lowmagnet on Tuesday January 26, 2016 @11:16AM
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I don't know about that. Thus far, those "entrepreneurial opportunities" have lead toward more incarceration, not less. For-profit prisons have contracts that guarantee a certain level of incarceration, resulting in occupancy of the prisons they run. This is definitely one of those things that I'd much rather not be in the hands of entrepreneurial entities.
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Re:Barack Obama: Why we must rethink solitary confinement
by mikeash on Tuesday January 26, 2016 @01:03PM
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Here's a counterexample:
They're focused on making it easier and cheaper to communicate with inmates, who often suffer from ridiculous price gouging for things like phone calls.
It's pretty small potatoes compared to private prisons, but it's something.